After several critical publications about the death of the former head of Christian Pilnacek section, police work must be investigated. The Minister of the Interior is intended to provide answers to the public prosecutor.
The Causa Pilnacek remains an explosive topic. Especially with the publication of the book “Pilnacek-the Death of the Section Head” by AuFdecker and former politician Peter Pilz, about the work of the police after finding Pilnacek’s body on October 20, 2023, the public prosecutor Elisabeth Schwetz has now started an official test procedure. The investigation of police work also includes jurisdiction.
“Go to the allegations”
“Potential suspicions were described in the media report and sometimes serious accusations against police work, which on the one hand influence the immediate discovery of the MAG. Christian Pilnacek and on the other hand the police investigation afterwards,” said the public prosecutor in a broadcast.
Last but not least, all this has also led to speculation about the circumstances of the top lawyer in the ÖVP. Schwetz: “With a view to the great attention, it is necessary that the office of the public prosecutor will pursue the registered allegations as an independent control facility.”
The office of the public prosecutor has been investigating public administration in Austria since 1977. It checks the law of official decisions and checks possible abuses in the administration. The office of the public prosecutor was established as the aid organization of the parliament to control the administration in the Federal Constitutional Act. In the procedure for the Causa Pilnacek, questions are addressed to Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner (ÖVP).
Detailed questions about the Ministry of the Interior
It is about the detailed process of the police operation of information about finding the body, securing the location of the finding, the corner of the corpse, securing the evidence, etc. In addition, details about the autopsy to be illuminated. The emergency doctor had reported that the criminal police wanted to prevent a forensic medical analysis. What is refused by the police.
Moreover, the public prosecutor is interested in the concrete approach to the investigation or police activities and their legal basis for guaranteeing or evaluating personal objects of the deceased, in particular Smartwatch, Mobile Phone, Laptop and USB -Stick. Regardless of the investigation by the public prosecutor, the FPö is considering using a parliamentary committee of inquiry to clarify the background and circumstances.
Source: Krone
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